World Vets in Action · 2012. 11. 21. · World Vets responded to the animal suffering that took place during the severe flooding in Thailand in 2011. World Vets responders aided

2011

Annual Review

World Vets in Action

A c c o m p l i s h i n g o u r m i s s i o n t h r o u g h a c t i o n

Disaster Response – World Vets provides veterinary disaster relief where animals are affected.

Direct Veterinary Aid – World Vets deploys specialized veterinary teams every month to

provide free medical and surgical care to animals in need of treatment and to alleviate their

suffering.

Veterinary Product Donations – World Vets donates over $1 million per year worth of

veterinary products and supplies to international animal welfare efforts and in disaster

situations.

Civil – Military Missions – World Vets participates on US Navy humanitarian aid missions

where we provide both direct veterinary aid as well as training and capacity building in host

nations.

Training – World Vets provides surgical training and additional education related to veterinary

medicine for veterinariains and students.

36 countries, 6 continents, 72,400

animals impacted, 37,081 treatments performed,

22 tons of vet supplies donated, 9,425 hours of training

provided

Within the first 72 hours, World Vets reached out to the

veterinary community in Japan and had a first responder

team en route.

In 2006, World Vets got started from a

donation jar and the idea that veterinarians

would volunteer their time to help animals in

developing countries. Now, World Vets

provides veterinary aid in 36 countries on 6

continents including everything from disaster

relief to community-wide spay/neuter

programs to livestock development programs

and assistance to working horses in developing

countries. In addition, we have an ongoing

partnership with the US Navy in which World

Vets provides teams of civilian veterinarians

for civil-military humanitarian aid missions

around the globe. 2011 also brought about

massive disasters that devastated both people

and animals. World Vets was one of the first

animal aid organizations on the ground

following the Japan tsunami and earthquake,

proving much needed assistance for animals

impacted by the tragedy. Our commitment to

help the animals in Japan lasted throughout the

year and beyond. Massive flooding in

Thailand also jeopardized the lives of

thousands of street dogs who were helped by

World Vets disaster response teams.

Additionally, the year also brought the grand-

opening of the World Vets Latin America

Veterinary Training Center in Nicaragua,

which will provide surgery training for

hundreds of Latin American veterinarians

while also benefiting the local community

through free veterinary services. We are very

proud of our accomplishments this year that

would not have been possible without the

ongoing and generous support of our donors

and volunteers. We take very seriously the

trust that is placed in us and we are grateful for

the support of so many who have generously

supported our efforts to help animals around

the globe.

Cathy King DVM, PhD CEO and Founder

World Vets mission is to provide

veterinary aid in developing countries and

veterinary disaster relief worldwide.


We worked with a large coalition of Japanese animal

welfare groups and veterinary professionals to

identify their needs and respond appropriately.

World Vets facilitated the collection, purchase and

coordination of multiple large shipments of pet food,

collapsible cages and kennels, as well as, veterinary

and shelter supplies from North America to Japan.

These shipments directly benefited the efforts of

several groups including Animal Friends Niigata,

Heart Tokashima, Japan Cat Network, as well as

veterinarians dedicated

to helping animals during

the disaster. Countless

individual pet owners

also benefited.

Shane (pictured right)

was one of the lucky

dogs. He was able to

reunite with his family.

Thought to be washed

away in the tsunami, Shane found his way to the

evacuation center where his family was staying.

Scared, covered in mud with only minor injuries, he

was treated by one of our veterinary disaster

response teams and then was happily reunited with

his owner.

World Vets

donated and

shipped more

than 36,000 lbs

of veterinary

and pet supplies

to Japan.

JAPAN TSUNAMI

& EARTHQUAKE

World Vets sent first responders and veterinary relief

teams to assess the situation and provide direct

veterinary care. Our teams were on the ground in the

hardest hit areas helping pets at evacuation centers,

animal shelters and even people living in cars with

their pets to address

their immediate needs.

A serious threat our

relief team dealt with

was that of radiation.

Our veterinarians

worked quickly to

establish

decontamination

protocols, intake

procedures to be used

when animals are

admitted into a shelter and procedures for preventing

the spread of disease.

World Vets also provided and donated additional

supplies such as radiation monitors, Tyvek suits,

Geiger counters and veterinary medicines along with

direct financial support to veterinarians in Japan.

We continue to support Japanese veterinary efforts to

provide free and/or low cost spay/neuter programs, in

addition to ongoing care for the animals affected by the

disaster. We greatly appreciate the support of our

donors who helped make this work possible.

JAPAN TSUNAMI

& EARTHQUAKE

World Vets

committed to a

full year of

ongoing support

to help the

animals in

Japan.


World Vets responded to the animal suffering that

took place during the severe flooding in Thailand in

2011.

World Vets responders aided with the water rescues

of stranded and abandoned dogs in and around

Bangkok. They traveled in rescue boats in search of

animals needing assistance and transferred them to

designated safe zones.

Thousands of animals

were impacted by the

sever flooding.

World Vets personnel

provided emergency

veterinary care and

transported food and

supplies to established

dog shelters and pet

owners. The shelters and subsequent food deliveries

made the survival of many dogs possible.

Our veterinarians visited shelters and safe zones to

address the health issues impacting the rescued dogs.

In addition, our veterinarians were part of a team that

spayed and neutered nearly 1000 street dogs during

the Thailand relief efforts.

Additionally, our veterinarians provided direct

veterinary aid to all animal types. During the relief

effort we sent 8 veterinarians and technicains.

More than $20,000 worth of veterinary supplies was

donated as part of the World Vets disaster relief

efforts in Thailand.

THAILAND

FLOOD

World Vets had

rescue teams in

Thailand for over

a month

providing direct

veterinary aid.

World Vets operated multiple, ongoing international

veterinary aid campaigns in eight different countries

providing thousands of free surgeries and medical

consultations. These campaigns took place in Belize,

Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras,

Nicaragua, Peru and

Tanzania.

Our veterinary teams

work in collaboration

with foreign

veterinarians, local

animal welfare groups

and volunteers, in

addition to local

governmental bodies.

On small animal projects we regularly see animals in

conditions that warrant emergency procedures, like

Princesa (pictured right). As a puppy she had a piece

of twine placed

around her neck as a

makeshift collar. Over

time the twine grew

into neck severing her

trachea. With

outstanding

veterinarians such as

Dr. Tom Parker

(pictured top right),

Princesa’s trachea has

been repaired and she

can finally breathe

out of her mouth.

SMALL ANIMAL

17,470 free

medical

treatments &

surgeries

provided


World Vets has an ongoing effort to provide large-scale

international veterinary aid campaigns targeting working

horses and donkeys, which are the primary means of

transporting people and/or materials. Our teams provide

essential veterinary services to the cart and carriage horses

of Nicaragua and much needed care to donkeys in 3 regions

of rural Tanzania.

In addition to helping companion animals and working

equines throughout the world, World Vets has several

programs focused on agricultural development and improving

the welfare of livestock, particularly those belonging to small-

scale farmers in some of the poorest areas of the world. One

such program was based in a remote desert region of Mongolia

to provide herdsmen training and veterinary services to goats,

sheep, camels and yaks of nomadic herdsman. Another

program focused on providing technical assistance, hands-on

training to local farm cooperatives in Haiti.

EQUINE &

DONKEY

WELFARE

AGRICULTURE &

ANIMAL

HUSBANDRY

11,404 treatments

provided for horses

& donkeys

Helping small-scale

farmers provide

better care for their

livestock

World Vets was the veterinary non-governmental

organization (NGO) represented on two

humanitarian aid missions operated by the U.S.

Navy. We have been a contributing member of the

Pacific Partnership mission since 2009 and

Continuing Promise since 2010.

In 2011, we provided

skilled veterinary teams

for each mission. Our

teams worked alongside

US military veterinary

personnel, veterinarians

from host nations, in

addition to personnel

from local health and

agricultural departments.

We provided direct

veterinary aid, training,

and instruction in small

and large animal

medicine.

Additionally, we shipped a total of five pallets loaded

with donated supplies and equipment worth

$125,000 for Nicaragua and Timor Leste.

Our shipment to Timor Leste facilitated a wheelchair

for a dog named Toha after she lost her legs escaping

from a dog meat restaurant.

CIVIL –

MILITARY

MISSIONS

Thousands of

animals in 13

countries

impacted in the

South Pacific,

Caribbean and

Latin America


World Vets established a Latin America Surgical Training Center

in Nicaragua. At this center, we provide free training and

instruction in sterilization surgery for Latin American

veterinarians, veterinary students and technicians. The program

is open to any Latin American veterinarian and /or upper level

veterinary student.

The center is outfitted with

modern equipment including

gas anesthesia, central oxygen,

pulse oximeters and fluid

pumps. It is our primary

objective that strict attention is

paid to patient safety, comfort

and appropriate pain

management

In 2011, we held six training

sessions. These sessions

provided free training and

instruction to over forty

participants. During these

sessions, the instructors and

attendees provided free

veterinary services to more

than one hundred community

owned animals in need of the

operation and/or veterinary

attention.

We thank the Fondation Brigitte Bardot for their generous

support of this and many other programs. We also thank the

Summerlee Foundation for supporting the development of the curriculum and teaching

materials.

LATIN AMERICA

SURGICAL

TRAINING CENTER

“Para mí fue una

buena experiencia.

Me enseñaron mucho.

Fue un placer.”

Carlos Molina

“For me it was a

great experience.

They taught me a lot.

It was a pleasure”

Carlos Molina

programservice

management

fundraising

Public Support-Contributions

Public Support-Grants

Project Fees

In KindDonations

MembershipFees

North America

Asia

Latin Americaand Caribbean

Europe

Oceania andSouth Pacific

Africa

FINANCIAL

STEWARDSHIP

Expenses

Program Services $ 1, 298, 569.00

Management & $ 85,381.00

General Expenses

Fundraising $ 25, 770.00

TOTAL $ 1,405,252

Sources of Support

Public Support –Contributions $ 500,412.00

Public Support – Grants $ 290,192.00

Project Fees $ 334, 589.00

In Kind (mostly vet products) $ 824,402.00

Membership Fees $ 48, 840.00

Miscellaneous $ 2,373.00

TOTAL REVENUE $ 2, 000, 808.00

Worldwide Distribution of Program Service

North America 1 %

Asia 35 %

Latin America & Caribbean 49 %

Europe 1 %

South Pacific 2 %

Africa 12 %

TOTAL 100 %


DONORS (>$500)

Abbott Foundation Kathy Archibald ASTROPUP Dale Ball Bank of America Matching Gifts Arlene B_r Deucher Patricia Bernard Matching Gifts Program Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bingham McCutchen, LLP Robin Bisha Boulder’s Natural Animal Jacques Bouthillier C Busch Audrey Buyrn Bill & Yolanda Campbell

CharityBuzz

Linda Chinn

Christ Presbyterian

Preschool

Greg Christianson

Jan A Cioci

Matt Cocumbe

Cheryl Davies

Susan Davis

De la Parte & Associates, INC

Del Mar Heights School

Dog Tired Doggie Daycare

PTA

Susan Drago

Nancy Eisenman

Michelle Feinberg

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Field Spaniel Society of America Anna Fleischhacker Carrie Flint Michele Florian

Brett Ford William Fox Fred &Charlotte Hubbell Foundation Gregory Freiwald Friends of Orange Countys Georgia Funsten Karen Garsson Darryl Gehly Jo Gunter Jhh Hammerstein Marie Heard Shelley Hendershot Nancy Higgins Hunter Veterinary Clinic ImportantGifts, INC Innovacyn (Vetericyn) Ferdousi Islam Chieko & Akira Izushima

Terry Ryan Cain Gloria Kang Nancy Kelly Alli Kim-Yamane Hormoz Lashkari Cindy Lee Mary Nell Lehnhard Henry Levin

Kim Madison Andrea Magen

Mikaela Martinez

Louise McCormick Jane McDonald Jill McKeever Patricia Messick Milo’s Café Noriyuki Miyaho Kenneth Moe Robyn Monroe

Pratap Mukharji Leif Munson Kimberly Murphy

Maria

Network for Good PAWS for Japan Pet Sitters International Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Maria Norbury Foundation The Plum Foundation Susan Popp

Frances Pu

Putney, INC. Qualcomm Matching Grant Program Dorothy Ranney

Deborah Rawn

Sarah Rhodes

Caroline Ritter

Riverview Animal

Hospital

Matt Roberts

Alison Russell

P K Sakamoto SAP Matching Gift Program Save a Forgotten Equine SAFE Bettina Ulrike Schmitz

Jeffrey Scott

Balasubramanian

Seshasayee

Patty Shenker Nancy Sherertz Tomomi Shirai Sidney E Frank Foundation Dennis & Dorothy Simanaitis

Anna Smith

Evelyn Smith

Martha Smith

Patricia Smith

Patti Snyder

Jeffrey Steele

Kimberly Tarman

Lucy Taylor

The Moody's Foundation Jessica Thomaz Three Dog Bakery Foundation Fund Timex Group USA, INC. Giselle Tremblay

Kathleen Vogel

VPI Pet Insurance

Amanda Ward

Washington State Animal Response Team WASART Linda Waters Lori Weigant Scott Welch WellPet Daphne and Stephen

Whistler

Larry Whitlow Jane Wilkens Barry Wolff Catherine Wright WTCOYB, INC. Lee Yiet Meng Jerry Yudelson

DONORS

A very special

Thank you to

To see a complete list of

our 2011 donors, go to

worldvets.org/about

/financials


DONORS

VOLUNTEERS

Nicole Abramo

Kimberly Aeschlimann

Cynthia Aguilar

Kathleen Ahern

Rhonda Aliah

Jeremiah Alley

Alan Allum

Karen Allum

Sarah Ambrose

Corinne Anders

Jodi Arndt

Brian Arneson

Katie Ayres

Elizabeth Baird

Rachel Baird

Aaron Balmer

Laura Baltodano

Kelli Barnett

Carol Barton

Elisabeth Begley

Andrea Berger

Alexander Berry

Deborah Bigsby

Yike Bing

Kaitlyn Boak

Linda Bohacek

Robert Bohacek

Maxine Borghesi

Jim Boyle

Dana Bridges Westerman

Jerry Brown

Laurie Brown

Robert Bruner

Rebecca Bukowy

Trisha Burke

Karen Burkhart

Emilea Burton

Eleni Calomiris

Abigail Casillo

Emma Chan

Hsiangjou Chiu

Sheena Christensen

Victoria Churchill

Kelli Cobler

Michael Corcoran

Suzanne Coulson

Kathleen Creighton

Elena Crosley

Sarah Crystal

Lauren Czapla

Kathy Dalton

Danielle Day

Holly Dennis

Michael Deutsch

Lynn DeVos

Paul DiCioccio

Julie DiMeglio

Jennifer Dixon

Brittany Dodd

Laurie Doton

David Dulaney

Amanda Dunbar

Kristen Eagan

Jessica Eckstein

Matthew Edson

Caitlin Eisinga

Elaine Ende

Shannon Epler

Catherine Etherington

Heather Evans

Kala Fagan

Lead Finstad

Caitlin Flanagan

Cesar Flores

Shawn Flottmeyer

Mackenzie Fox

Adriana Gallardo

Madelynn Garrelts

Christine Hadley

Diane Habler-Bills

Donald Hanna

Lisa Hanna

Shelley Harper

Lindsay Hartke

Alyssa Hesemann

Renee Hlavka

Cynthia Hoobler

Van Hooker

Georgenna Hooker

Camille Howard

Tiffany Hughes

Lesli Humphries

Katrina Huskie

Nora Hussey

Helle Bernstorf Hydeskov

Pasquale Iannino

Frances Kaminski

Yuan Kang

Odet Kaspari

Sasaki Kazumasu

Joseph Kelley

Robert Kelly

Phillip Kitchens

Mandy Kopcsak

Linda Kopija

Michelle Krieger

Carl Krigbaum

Lisa Krigbaum

Winifred Krogman

Lindsay Kucharchuk

Rita Palemlund Kviesgaard

Laurel Lachowiez

David Landers

Nicole Larson

Kelly Lathrop

Millie Lehrmann

Pamela Levengood

Erin Lindsay

Jessica Lizola

Jennifer Lonsky

Tomasina Lucia

Katie Lueders

Kendra Lyons

Lisa Mahlum

Elizabeth Marshall

Katherine Martucci

Ross Massimiano

Armaiti May

Colleen McCoy

Carly McIntosh

Annie Mi

Samantha Migliaccio

Susan Miller

Ellie Milnes

Kelley Minor

Antonia Moore

Michelle Morrow

Susam Muench

Shannon Murphy

Colleen Nault

Lonnelle Neaver

Winifred Neunzig

Barry Nicholls

Holly Noble

VOLUNTEERS

Carolina Nunez

Heather O’Brien

Holly O’Brien

Jennifer O’Donnell

Crechelle Oliveira

Tom Parker

Terri Patrick - Hummel

Samuel Peck

Faith Perrin

Georgene Porter

Christopher Post

Sheri Procious

Michelle Puskar

Noelle Rankin

James Ransom

Catherine Raskin

Christina Rettig

Sara Ritzie

Alexander Robb

Katherine Rubinstein

Morgan Russo

Sarah Sahli

Kathyrn Saltzman

Kelsey Scanlan

Matthew Schwartz

Marcy Segel

Sarah Seitz

Elizabeth Shaw – Meadow

Allison Shobe

Michael Shulkin

Michelle Smith

Hnlin Song

Stacy Steele

Diane Streiff

Mary Swartz

Kristen Swenson

Camille Sylvester - Williams

Ashley Tahir

Judy Taylor

Trevor Tenney

Gwyneth Thayer

Johanna Thompson

Lynel Tocci

Lydia Tong

Katrina Vanesian

Carolyn Vitriol

Statia Volbrecht

Lisa Wagner

Sari Walkhoff

Randal Walling

Michelle Ward

Jaine Weise

Ashley Wells

Teri Weronko

Laurie Whiting

Danielle Winkelman

Ashley Nikki Wright

Emily Youe

Adrien Zap

Joseph Zulty


Cathy King, DVM PhD

Chief Executive Officer, Founder

Katie Horn

International Programs Manager

Bobbi Rogge

Administrative Assistant

Abi Casillo, DVM

Field Service Veterinarian

Amanda Thomas, DVM


Andrea Berger, DVM


Jerry Brown, DVM


Karen Allum, DVM


Mike Corcoran, DVM


Winifred Neunzig, DVM


STAFF & AVISORY

BOARD

Susan Paseman

Advisory Board Chairman

Mushtaq Memon, BVSc, MSc, PhD, DACT

Advisory Board

Suzanne Coulson, DVM

Advisory Board

Heather McCabe, LVT

Advisory Board

Robert Bruner, DVM


Shelley Harper, DVM


Suzanne Coulson, DVM

Field Service Veterinarian/Advisory Board

Tom Parker, DVM


Winifred Krogman, DVM


World Vets Tel: 877 68 8387

802 1st Ave N Email: [email protected]

Fargo, ND 58102 Web: www.worldvets.org

Registered charity number 20 - 4637447

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World Vets in Action · 2012. 11. 21. · World Vets responded to the animal suffering that took place during the severe flooding in Thailand in 2011. World Vets responders aided